Central Asia in 1640
This map shows the 15 states and peoples the data has for Central Asia in that year.
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States and peoples in Central Asia in 1640
Largest first, by area on this map.
- Kazakh Khanate
- Safavid Dynasty
- Tsardom of Russia
- Eastern Moghulistan
- Oirat Confederation
- Golden Horde
- Tibet
- Mughal Empire
- Khanate of Bukhara
- Khoshut Khanate
- Khanate of Khiva
- Tümed
- Kalmyk Khanate
- Ottoman Empire
- Don Cossacks
New on the map since 1615
Oirat Confederation · Kalmyk Khanate · Don Cossacks
Gone from the map by 1665
Don Cossacks
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The outlines are coarse and follow the Cliopatria dataset: borders before modern surveys are estimates, and a blank area means the data has no state on record there, not that nobody lived there. A state that changed hands during the year can appear together with its successor.